Cripple Creek miners' strike (1894)
GPTKB entity
Statements (17)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:trade_unionist
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gptkbp:cause |
wage reduction
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:endDate |
1894
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Cripple Creek miners' strike (1894)
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Cripple_Creek,_Colorado
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gptkbp:notableEvent |
arrests of strikers
use of state militia |
gptkbp:opposedBy |
mine owners
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gptkbp:participants |
gptkb:Western_Federation_of_Miners
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Western_Federation_of_Miners
labor movement in the United States |
gptkbp:result |
miners' victory
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gptkbp:significance |
first and only time a state militia was used to support striking workers in U.S. history
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gptkbp:startDate |
1894
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Western_Federation_of_Miners
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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